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### DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG for Statements ofAuthorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 

## ------------------------------) JOINT APPLICATION OFAUSTRIAN AIRLINES OSTERREICHISCHE LUFTVERKEHRS AG AND DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG FOR STATEMENTS OFAUTHORIZATION Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: ARTHUR J. MOLINS General Counsel, North America LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES AUSTRIAN AIRLINES 1640 Hempstead Turnpike East Meadow, NY 11554

DATED: July2,2010 DAVID HEFFERNAN WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 1875 PennsylvaniaAvenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 (202) 663-6360 (phone) (202) 663-6363 (fax) david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com Counsel for DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG



### NOTICE: Answers to this Application are due on or before July 14, 2010. Parties filing answers to this application should serve a copy on counsel for the applicants as well as all persons named on the attached service list.

### BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, DC
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### AUSTRIAN AIRLINES ) OSTERREICHISCHE LUFTVERKEHRS AG) and 

### DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG for Statements ofAuthorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 

## -------------------------------) DATED: July2,2010 Docket DOT-OST-2010-



### JOINT APPLICATION OFAUSTRIAN AIRLINES OSTERREICHISCHE LUFTVERKEHRS AGAND DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSAAG FOR STATEMENTS OFAUTHORIZATION Austrian Airlines Osterreichische Luftverkehrs AG ("Austrian") and Deutsche Lufthansa AG ("Lufthansa") hereby request blanket statements ofauthorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 for authority to display each other's two-letter designator code on each other's flights between the EU and the United States, as described more fully below. Austrian and Lufthansaplan to initiate the proposed code-share services on or after August 1, 2010. In support oftheir request, Austrian and Lufthansa submit the following: 1. Austrian, a flag carrier ofAustria, operates scheduled daily nonstop roundtrip combination services between Austria and the United States. Lufthansa, a flag carrier ofGermany, operates scheduled daily nonstop roundtrip combination services between Germany and the United States. Austrian and Lufthansahave entered into aJoint Application ofAustrian and Lufthansa Page 2
code-share arrangement wherebyAustrian plans to display Lufthansa's two-letter "LH" designator code on Austrian's flights betweenpoints inthe EU and points in the United States, and Lufthansa plans to display Austrian's two-letter "OS" designator code on Lufthansa's flights betweenpoints in the EU and points in the United States. 2. In orderto engage in these cooperative activities, Austrian and Lufthansa request statements ofauthorization, pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212, to allow Austrian's "OS" designator code to beplaced on Lufthansa's flights and Lufthansa's "LH" designator code to beplaced on Austrian's flights: 1) from anypoint orpoints behind any Member State ofthe European Union, via anypoint orpoints in any Member State and via intermediate points to anypoint orpoints in the United States and beyond; and 2) between anypoint orpoints in the United States and anypoint orpoints in anymember ofthe European Common Aviation Area. Austrian initiallyplans to display Lufthansa's code on Austrian's flights between Vienna, Austria, onthe onehand, and New York and Washington, D.C., onthe other hand. Lufthansa initiallyplans to display Austrian's code on Lufthansa's flights between Frankfurt and Munich, Germany, on the onehand, and Los Angeles and San Francisco,
on the other hand, as well as between Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, and Munich, Germany, on the onehand, and Miami, onthe otherhand. 3. Approval oftheblanket statements ofauthorization requested herein is consistent with applicable bilateral agreements and the public interest. Theproposed Austrian/Lufthansa code-share services are consistent with the terms ofthe United States'Joint Application ofAustrian and Lufthansa Page 3
open skies agreement with the EUY Approval ofthe proposed code-share services would also promote important new air service benefits for passengers contemplated in that agreement. These services will represent a significant service enhancement for passengers travelingbetween the EU and the United States. 4. Both Austrian and Lufthansahold the necessaryunderlying authority to perform the proposed services. Both carriers have been granted a foreign air carrier permit bythe Department authorizing them to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation ofpersons, property and mail from points behind the EU, via the EU and intermediate points, to a point orpoints in the United States and beyond.V 5. Austrian and Lufthansaplan to initiate code sharing on or after August 1, 2010. For this reason, Austrian and Lufthansa respectfully request that the statements of authorization be granted expeditiously and remain in effect for an indefinite period
. .J./ Austrian and Lufthansa will notify the Department no later than 30 days before commencing any additional code-share services involving U.S. points not specified herein. 6. Austrian and Lufthansa agree to accept the conditions normally imposed
on foreign air carriers engaged in code-share services to and from points in the United

11 See Air TransportAgreement between the United States ofAmerica and the European Community and its Member States, April 30, 2007. Order 2007-11-7 (Docket DOT-OST-2007-28472) (Austrian) and Order 2008-1-20 (Docket DOTOST-2007-29037) (Lufthansa). To the extent applicable, Austrian and Lufthansa herebyrequest that the Department waive the requirement set forth in 14 C.F.R. § 212.10(d)(2) that applicants file at least45 calendar days before the date ofthe first proposed flight.Joint Application ofAustrian and Lufthansa Page 4 States, including the provisions of 14 C.F.R. Part 257 with respect to the code-share services described herein, and other applicable U.S. laws and**regulations.~** WHEREFORE, on thebasis ofthe foregoing, Austrian and Lufthansa respectfully request that the Department grant them blanket statements ofauthorizationpursuant to Part 212 ofthe Department's regulations to display the designator code ofAustrian on Lufthansa's flights betweenthe EU and the United States and the designator code of Lufthansa on Austrian's flights between the EU and the United States, and such other or further reliefas the Departmentmay determine to be appropriate and consistent with the public interest. Respectfully submitted,



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Because approval is sought only to add each other's code to flights that are alreadybeing operated by Austrian and Lufthansa, grant ofthis application will not result in a near-tenn increase in fuel consumption often (10) million gallons or more.

USIDOCS 7587668vlCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certifythat I have this date served a copy ofthe foregoing Application ofDeutsche Lufthansa AG and Austrian Airlines Osterreichische Luftverkehrs AG for Statements of Authorization by electronic mail upon the following:

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DATED: July 2,2010

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